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The Bros may want to reconsider changing their rating, because this APA was great! Then again to each their own right?
Had this brew at their Fermentaria. Poured a hazy orange/lemon color with a white head. Smell and taste basically followed each other - citrus, fruit notes, a bit of pine. A nice juicy APA with medium carbonation and very refreshing too. Ended up taking a growler of this home. Can't wait to come back to Tired Hands!
Cheers!

Not feeling it with this brew, extremely cloudy and a mess to say the least. Staff at the pub should not be pouring it. Milkshake beers are not a trend or acceptable with traditional or even modern styles... No excuses. Carbonation seemed off, a muddled mess.

This beer scratches every itch the creamy IPA lover is looking for. It is as hazy as fresh squeezed lemonade with a delicate head (about a quarter inch). Glows a beautiful dandelion gold. The nose is floral and hoppy but delicate. Flavor profile followed suit. Citrus, floral, simple. It did't punch me in the pallet with flavor but was certainly present and juicy. The mouthfeel is really the most satisfying component of this brew. As one would expect with a brew so hazy, it really followed through with a clean, creamy mouthfeel. Next to no alcohol burn, understandably so considering the ABV. Overall, a very sessionable brew.

This one pours a pale hazy yellow, with a one inch head, and a good amount of lacing.

Smells like pine, peach, grass, nectarine and honey like malt.

This is pretty tasty and crushable. There's a nice soft fruit flavor, nectarine and grapefruit mostly, with some herb like grassiness and pine. There's a bit of honey like flavor, but not much in the way of malt.

This is light bodied, with a crisp level of carbonation and mouthfeel.

T: 18/20 - taste profile immediately follows the nose but is subtle and gentle - this is a citrus delight with some mild pine; in the middle of the mouth, the citrus hop complexity continues with Centennial and Amarillo notes (less so Simcoe) and gentle oats, malts and alcohol; finishes dry and inviting

M: 5/5 - moderate-to-high carbonation; moderate hop oils that coat the tongue and instill a creaminess not typically found in this style; moderate alcohol presence

O: 9/10 - wow, this is a beautiful hop symphony that is one of the most balanced and inviting aromatic pale ales on the market; I could session this all night and still be a delight the following morning; highly recommended for all hop hands on deck! On my visit to the brewery on Sun., 3/23/14, the only beer that I had that I thought was better was the First Level NS IPA, but these beers are very different and this one is more balanced and delicate!

Taste: opens with citrusy and floral hops. as the hops evolve more juice like and some spicy flavors come out. the taste is very juicy and low on resin. back end has a mix between pale malts, mineral water and some yeast character.

Mouthfeel: light, slight bitterness and very refreshing. a touch on the dry side but that just gets you ready for more.

Overall: a very well done take on the pale ale, exactly what I look for. good hoppy flavor and aroma, malt depth. refreshing qualities and great drinkability.

The beer is wonderfully hoppy of juicy citrus and tropical, bounds of grapefruit. The malt backbone is light with some graininess and the oat gives it some roundness. A significant bitterness on the end of green grass, slight pine, and floral.

At under 5%, this beer is absurdly tasty. One of the best of the "best" small brewery pale ales I've had (Trillium and Peekskill).

Look - Pours a hazy gold color with a 2-finger head that dissipates quickly. Plenty of lacing as you drink, as well.

Smell - Nothing but tropical fruits and citrus.

Taste - Same as the smell with just a touch of hops, and a bready aftertaste.

Mouthfeel - Thick, smooth, and creamy. Fantastic!

Overall - I really like what Tired Hands is doing with their beers. HopHands is extremely drinkable, and the fact that they started canning has given their beers a much longer shelf life. If you happen to live near the Ardmore area, and you've yet to try anything by these guys, I have one thing to ask...What are you doing!?

On tap at Blind Tiger Ale House on 10/27/15. Hazy yellow pour with a foamy white head. Citrus nose, but flavor is bright pine and biscuity malts, leading to a clean, slightly sweet and bitter finish. Quite good.

Cloudy golden haze. Clearly unfiltered. I can smell the beer from a few feet away. Loads of citrus, earth and grass. Hardly any bitterness. This thing is right up my alley. So good I ordered a growler to go. This is a beer I wish I could drink everyday.

Update: I've had this in DC a few times over the past several months, and it's just not the same beer anymore. A damn shame.

T: Heavy citrus hops with tons of grapefruit, lemon, pineapple and some mango. I get some grassy flavors as well that mix with the almost candy like sweetness. The sweetness never gets a chance to really take over as the citrus hops come back to dry the finish out nicely, but it does give the beer terrific depth and body. This is so juicy it's insane, but it's more than just hop juice and that's what makes it terrific.

M: Medium mouthfeel with nice body. Not really a bitter beer, but it's nice and dry on the finish. No alcohol and super drinkable!

O: I really, really loved this beer. Yes, it is super cloudy but I'm not sure why that would detract from the beer itself, I guess I don't understand. I go mostly on taste, and this beer tasted fantastic For me, this was the best beer at the beerfest, and that's saying something as there were a ton of great beers there. I will seek this one out for sure, loved it.

so much more than a normal pale ale, a great beer, and in some ways a new standard in the style for me, they should all be this good! its wonderfully hoppy, impressively aromatic, and with a fantastic grain base that to me really enhances it, malty in a way that isnt crystal or sweet or anything, a different kind of grainy pale, rustic like their other stuff, oaty and pale, earthy and bigger feeling, dry as can be still, i dont know why more brewers dont incorporate oats into pale and ipa types. there is also a fun yeast element to this, not quite saison, but it sure isnt flavorless either, playing delicately with the fruity and citrusy hop notes, and drying this out beautifully, there is a nice almost white wine note to it that makes this quite unique as pale ales go. some bitterness, vegetal and fresh, but also delicate, southern hemisphere tasting, and appealing beyond what i think more conventional hop profile can attract. carbonated better than almost every other beer we had on tap here too, a real beautiful beer, sessionable for miles on miles, and a beer i cant believe nobody talks about...